Ex. 4. Choose the variant..

1. What time …your classes…?

a) is; starting

b) do; start

c) does; start

d) has; started

2. It…harder and harder nowadays to enter a university.

a) gets

b) has been getting

c) has got

d) is getting

3. How long…you…this information?

a) have; had

b) do; have

c) have; been having

d) are; having

4. It’s the second time I… on a business trip abroad.

a) am

b) have been

c) am being

d) be

5. “What are you listening to?” “It seems to me I… a strange noise outside.”

a) hear

b) am hearing

c) have been hearing

d) has heard

6. It…years since I felt satisfied with my job as much as I did last week.

a) have been

b) is

c) are

d) has been

7. Jill came to our company three years ago and… here ever since.

a) works

b) work

c) has been working

d) is working

8. No mater how long the holiday is, I always… I want a few days more.

a) feel

b) am feeling

c) has felt

d) feels

9. Mike… to his former classmate on the phone for half an hour now.

a) is talking

b) talks

c) has talked

d) has been talking

10. Linda is very disappointed. She… her test.

a) has failed

b) is failing

c) fails

d) failed

11. Mrs. Hastings’s secretary… on the phone! No wonder it’s practically impossible to get through.

a) is constantly talking

b) has constantly been talking

c) constantly talks

d) is constantly talk

12. How long… on this project so far?

a) do you work

b) have you work

c) are you working

d) have you been working

13. “Has he agreed to your offer?” “No, he still… it over.”

a) has thought

b) thinks

c) has been thinking

d) is thinking

14. Who… your office lately?

a) has cleaned

b) has been cleaning

c) cleaned

d) is cleaning

15. She is very tired and her eyes are red…. on the computer.

a) Is she working

b) Has she worked

c) Has she been working

d) Does she work

The Past Tenses

I. Образование форм глагола в прошедших временах.

Ex. 1. Name the verbs forms and translate them.

    Hadn’t built, had you been learning, was doing, didn’t come, had written, had been playing, ate, were not listening, did they choose,

hadn’t been reading, had he known, were you sleeping.

Ex. 2. Use the verbs in all past forms.

To play, to help, to leave, to walk, to go, to live, to work, to eat, to teach, to build, to make, to tell, to talk, to speak, to take, to think, to win.

Ex.3. Respond to the following using the models:

Models: I went home after classes. — So did I.

She wasn't here on Friday. — Neither was I.

1. I studied Psychology last year. 2. We didn't like the TV show. 3. I went to the country for the weekend. 4. I didn't have lunch today. 5. I understood the task. 6. We didn't hear the knock at the door. 7. I was busy the whole day yesterday. 8. We had a very good time last Saturday. 9. I didn't learn English last year. 10. She had a lot of dolls in childhood. 11. They were playing at home in the evening. 12. I wasn't reading that magazine. 13. He hadn’t come by 10 last night. 14. We had written a composition. 15. They had been watching a film for 2 hours. 16. She hadn’t been singing since she was sick.